Overcome your barriers to growth
Cranfield University, in collaboration with Central Bedfordshire Council, has launched a range of fully funded Business Growth and Decarbonisation programmes, including grants. It is funded by the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF).
Through this programme, businesses based in Central Bedfordshire can apply for fully funded scholarship places, on a variety of Cranfield University’s prestigious courses for business leaders. Participants who attend these courses will then have the opportunity to apply for grant funding to implement their business growth and decarbonisation plans.
The Central Bedfordshire Scholarship and Grant Programme consists of two interventions. One to support Business Scale-up and Resilience and the second to support Local Business Decarbonisation.
For this programme, enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
Applicants may apply for one scholarship and one grant from each programme intervention.
Grant applications can only be made once the applicant has attended 12 hours on one of the Central Bedfordshire Scholarship courses.
We’re here to help. We work with over 100 partners throughout the South East Midlands, and we can connect you with a solution that’s right for your businesses.
We’re offering all businesses across the region a free net zero business clinic where we’ll share why it’s important to create a decarbonisation plan, highlight the benefits to your business, what to consider making changes to, and who to speak to to take the next steps. You’ll also walk away with your own “Net Zero Toolkit; a guide to becoming net zero”, which you can utilise on your journey.